On Combat looks at what happens to the human body under the stresses of deadly battle and the impact on the nervous system, heart, breathing, visual and auditory perception, memory - then discusses new research findings as to what measure warriors can take to prevent such debilitations so they can stay in the fight, survive, and win. A brief, but insightful look at history shows the evolution of combat, the development of the physical and psychological leverage that enables humans to kill other humans, followed by an objective examination of domestic violence in America.

5 out of 5 stars

A necessary read for every warrior.

Écrit par
Colton
le
2019-05-16

The Warrior Ethos

Auteur(s):
Steven Pressfield

Narrateur(s):
Steven Pressfield

Durée: 1 h et 21 min

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4.5 out of 5 stars
9

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4.5 out of 5 stars
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We are all warriors. The Warrior Ethos is intended not only for men and women in uniform, but artists, entrepreneurs, and other warriors in other walks of life. The audiobook examines the evolution of the warrior code of honor and "mental toughness".

3 out of 5 stars

Short but interesting.

Écrit par
Chad granger
le
2018-09-13

The Gift of Fear

Survival Signals That Protect Us from Violence

Auteur(s):
Gavin de Becker

Narrateur(s):
Thomas Stechschulte

Durée: 12 h et 34 min

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5 out of 5 stars
26

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Gavin de Becker is our nation's best-known expert on the prediction and management of violence. In
The Gift of Fear, de Becker draws on his extensive expertise to shatter the myth that most violent acts are random and unpredictable, but rather usually have discernible motives and are preceded by clear warning signs.

4 out of 5 stars

Must read book

Écrit par
Alicia
le
2018-02-13

On Killing

The Psychological Cost of Learning to Kill in War and Society

Auteur(s):
Lt. Col. Dave Grossman

Narrateur(s):
Lt. Col. Dave Grossman

Durée: 10 h et 23 min

Version intégrale

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5 out of 5 stars
34

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The good news is that the vast majority of soldiers are loath to kill in battle. Unfortunately, modern armies, using Pavlovian and operant conditioning have developed sophisticated ways of overcoming this instinctive aversion. sophisticated ways of overcoming this instinctive aversion. The psychological cost for soldiers, as witnessed by the increase in post-traumatic stress, is devastating.

When you react, the event controls you. When you respond, you’re in control.
Verbal Judo is the classic guide to the martial art of the mind and mouth that can help you defuse confrontations and generate cooperation, whether you're talking to a boss, a spouse, or even a teenager. For more than a generation, Dr. George J. Thompson's essential handbook has taught people how to communicate more confidently and persuasively in any situation.

In this revised and updated third edition of
Unbeatable Mind, Mark Divine offers his philosophy and methods for developing maximum potential through integrated warrior development. This work was created through trial and error, proving to thousands of clients that they are capable of 20 times more than what they believe.

3 out of 5 stars

I'm not going to NAVY

Écrit par
Mohammed
le
2018-07-11

On Combat

The Psychology and Physiology of Deadly Conflict in War and in Peace

Auteur(s):
Dave Grossman,
Loren W. Christensen

Narrateur(s):
Dave Grossman

Durée: 18 h et 41 min

Version intégrale

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5 out of 5 stars
26

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On Combat looks at what happens to the human body under the stresses of deadly battle and the impact on the nervous system, heart, breathing, visual and auditory perception, memory - then discusses new research findings as to what measure warriors can take to prevent such debilitations so they can stay in the fight, survive, and win. A brief, but insightful look at history shows the evolution of combat, the development of the physical and psychological leverage that enables humans to kill other humans, followed by an objective examination of domestic violence in America.

5 out of 5 stars

A necessary read for every warrior.

Écrit par
Colton
le
2019-05-16

The Warrior Ethos

Auteur(s):
Steven Pressfield

Narrateur(s):
Steven Pressfield

Durée: 1 h et 21 min

Version intégrale

Au global

4.5 out of 5 stars
9

Performance

5 out of 5 stars
8

Histoire

4.5 out of 5 stars
7

We are all warriors. The Warrior Ethos is intended not only for men and women in uniform, but artists, entrepreneurs, and other warriors in other walks of life. The audiobook examines the evolution of the warrior code of honor and "mental toughness".

3 out of 5 stars

Short but interesting.

Écrit par
Chad granger
le
2018-09-13

The Gift of Fear

Survival Signals That Protect Us from Violence

Auteur(s):
Gavin de Becker

Narrateur(s):
Thomas Stechschulte

Durée: 12 h et 34 min

Version intégrale

Au global

5 out of 5 stars
26

Performance

5 out of 5 stars
24

Histoire

5 out of 5 stars
23

Gavin de Becker is our nation's best-known expert on the prediction and management of violence. In
The Gift of Fear, de Becker draws on his extensive expertise to shatter the myth that most violent acts are random and unpredictable, but rather usually have discernible motives and are preceded by clear warning signs.

4 out of 5 stars

Must read book

Écrit par
Alicia
le
2018-02-13

On Killing

The Psychological Cost of Learning to Kill in War and Society

Auteur(s):
Lt. Col. Dave Grossman

Narrateur(s):
Lt. Col. Dave Grossman

Durée: 10 h et 23 min

Version intégrale

Au global

5 out of 5 stars
34

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars
32

Histoire

4.5 out of 5 stars
31

The good news is that the vast majority of soldiers are loath to kill in battle. Unfortunately, modern armies, using Pavlovian and operant conditioning have developed sophisticated ways of overcoming this instinctive aversion. sophisticated ways of overcoming this instinctive aversion. The psychological cost for soldiers, as witnessed by the increase in post-traumatic stress, is devastating.

When you react, the event controls you. When you respond, you’re in control.
Verbal Judo is the classic guide to the martial art of the mind and mouth that can help you defuse confrontations and generate cooperation, whether you're talking to a boss, a spouse, or even a teenager. For more than a generation, Dr. George J. Thompson's essential handbook has taught people how to communicate more confidently and persuasively in any situation.

In this revised and updated third edition of
Unbeatable Mind, Mark Divine offers his philosophy and methods for developing maximum potential through integrated warrior development. This work was created through trial and error, proving to thousands of clients that they are capable of 20 times more than what they believe.

3 out of 5 stars

I'm not going to NAVY

Écrit par
Mohammed
le
2018-07-11

Extreme Ownership

How U.S. Navy SEALs Lead and Win

Auteur(s):
Jocko Willink,
Leif Babin

Narrateur(s):
Jocko Willink,
Leif Babin

Durée: 9 h et 33 min

Version intégrale

Au global

4.5 out of 5 stars
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4.5 out of 5 stars
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4.5 out of 5 stars
965

An updated edition of the blockbuster best-selling leadership book that took America and the world by storm, two US Navy SEAL officers who led the most highly decorated special operations unit of the Iraq War demonstrate how to apply powerful leadership principles from the battlefield to business and life.

3 out of 5 stars

principles are good

Écrit par
Rory Langan
le
2018-04-28

What Every BODY Is Saying

An Ex-FBI Agent’s Guide to Speed-Reading People

Auteur(s):
Joe Navarro,
Marvin Karlins

Narrateur(s):
Paul Costanzo

Durée: 7 h et 19 min

Version intégrale

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4.5 out of 5 stars
75

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Listen to this book and send your nonverbal intelligence soaring. Joe Navarro, a former FBI counterintelligence officer and a recognized expert on nonverbal behavior, explains how to "speed-read" people: decode sentiments and behaviors, avoid hidden pitfalls, and look for deceptive behaviors. You'll also learn how your body language can influence what your boss, family, friends, and strangers think of you.

5 out of 5 stars

Highly informative!

Écrit par
Utilisateur anonyme
le
2018-09-18

Spy the Lie

Former CIA Officers Teach You How to Detect Deception

Auteur(s):
Philip Houston,
Michael Floyd,
Susan Carnicero,
Autres

Narrateur(s):
Fred Berman

Durée: 4 h et 52 min

Version intégrale

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4.5 out of 5 stars
11

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4.5 out of 5 stars
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Imagine how different your life would be if you could tell whether someone was lying or telling you the truth. Be it hiring a new employee, investing in a financial interest, speaking with your child about drugs, confronting your significant other about suspected infidelity, or even dating someone new, having the ability to unmask a lie can have far-reaching and even life-altering consequences. As former CIA officers, Philip Houston, Michael Floyd, and Susan Carnicero are among the world’s best at recognizing deceptive behavior.

4 out of 5 stars

good read

Écrit par
Rob
le
2019-04-24

The Dichotomy of Leadership

Balancing the Challenges of Extreme Ownership to Lead and Win

Auteur(s):
Jocko Willink,
Leif Babin

Narrateur(s):
Jocko Willink,
Leif Babin

Durée: 10 h et 34 min

Version intégrale

Au global

5 out of 5 stars
297

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5 out of 5 stars
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5 out of 5 stars
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Every leader must be ready and willing to take charge, to make hard, crucial calls for the good of the team and the mission. Something much more difficult to understand is that in order to be a good leader, one must also be a good follower. This is a dichotomy - a Dichotomy of Leadership. It is, as authors Jocko Willink and Leif Babin explained in their best-selling first audiobook, Extreme Ownership, “Simple, Not Easy”.

5 out of 5 stars

The best book on leadership - ever.

Écrit par
Amazon Customer
le
2019-05-13

The Operator

Firing the Shots That Killed Osama Bin Laden and My Years as a SEAL Team Warrior

Auteur(s):
Robert O'Neill

Narrateur(s):
Robert O'Neill

Durée: 9 h et 42 min

Version intégrale

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5 out of 5 stars
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Stirringly evocative, thought provoking, and often jaw dropping,
The Operator ranges across SEAL Team Operator Robert O'Neill's awe-inspiring 400-mission career that included his involvement in attempts to rescue "Lone Survivor" Marcus Luttrell and abducted-by-Somali-pirates Captain Richard Phillips and culminated in those famous three shots that dispatched the world's most wanted terrorist, Osama bin Laden.

5 out of 5 stars

I’m Canadian

Écrit par
Shane MacInnis
le
2018-03-29

When Violence Is the Answer

Learning How to Do What It Takes When Your Life Is at Stake

Auteur(s):
Tim Larkin

Narrateur(s):
Tim Larkin

Durée: 6 h et 59 min

Version intégrale

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4.5 out of 5 stars
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In this essential new book, self-protection expert and former military intelligence officer Tim Larkin changes the way we think about violence in order to save our lives. By deconstructing our assumptions about violence - its morality, its function in modern society, how it actually works - Larkin unlocks the shackles of our own taboos and arms us with what we need to know to prevent, prepare for, and survive the unthinkable event of life-or-death violence.

Description

You walk into a restaurant and get an immediate sense that you should leave. You are about to step onto an elevator with a stranger, and something stops you. You interview a potential new employee who has the résumé to do the job, but something tells you not to offer the position. These scenarios all represent "left of bang", the moments before something bad happens. But how many times have you talked yourself out of leaving the restaurant, getting off the elevator, or getting over your silly "gut" feeling about someone? Is there a way not just to listen to your inner protector more but to actually increase your sensitivity to threats before they happen?

Legendary marine general James Mattis asked the same question and issued a directive to operationalize the Marine Corps' Combat Hunter program. A comprehensive and no-nonsense approach to heightening each and every one of our gifts of fear, Left of Bang is the result.

Not a bad book

If you’re looking to increase your situational awareness then you should read this book. At times it was dry, however worth getting through. Even if you only take one lesson from the book #Audible1.

Trier :

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4 out of 5 stars

Chris Hutchinson

2016-04-29

Easier to follow when read

What does Danny Campbell bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?

Danny Campbell is an excellent narrator. I've listened to several other books he has narrated and I'm always impressed.

Any additional comments?

First let me say this, I've read and marked up both my physical copy and e-book of Left of Bang. In addition, I've completed the fantastic Basic and Advanced training course for the program. I decided to also grab the audiobook so that I could further my learning and listen to the concepts again and again as I drive. However, while listening to the audio I found it hard to follow along and stay engaged.

The main issue I have with the audio version is that the content of the book doesn't lend itself well to an audio format, through no fault of the highly skilled authors, or the talented narrator. The content is so rich, and requires such careful study, that simply listening to the audiobook leaves the listener with the sense they've missed something valuable.

That being said, do study this book, learn from it, apply the skills to enhance your safety.

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4 out of 5 stars

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3 out of 5 stars

Pseudo Nym

2017-04-21

skip first 25%

The first 25%, literally, is a commercial for this book. The rest is good.

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G. W. Funnell

2016-04-18

The how to spot unsafe conditions

I found it very good to know spot unsafe conditions . I was in Vietnam and I used some of the techque in combat. It saved my butt.

10 personnes sur 10 ont trouvé cette évaluation pertinente

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2 out of 5 stars

Drew S

2017-04-14

Common Sense Presented as a Unique Concept

The book doesn't really cover anything useful to anyone who understands situational awareness. The government paid a group to train our Soldiers and Marines to actually pay attention and practice situational awareness. Any combat arms MOS already does this. The book discusses how we need to be aware of anomalies such as entering an area that's too quiet when it's normally bustling with activity. The remaining examples are mostly redundant examples of reading body language that anyone with any level of social skills already knows- detecting signs of nervousness or confidence, etc. I wish I could say that it's a surprise to think that the government paid some civilian agency for this training, but it's not. In my career, I've seen millions wasted on similar programs.

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Fred

2016-08-25

Read this book

I own the paperback, kindle and now audio editions of this book and have read them all. Yes it's that good! Packed full o information on how to recognize and interpret patters of conflict.

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James K. Newport

2017-12-29

Another must read

I’ve gone through a plethora of books since I took CCW to a more serious level. I’m 58, found this book quite interesting & easy to enjoy. Verbal performance was also top notch. Thanks guys!

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Trudy Owens

2015-12-10

Left me wanting the training course!!!

You can't really learn self-defense from a book. But this book outlines quite a few things you can look for to be more aware of your surroundings, and more prepared to blow the whistle, protect yourself, or take down a bad guy.

There is lots of science here, from military studies of Marines as well as enemies, to the social sciences and on. It incorporates principles from various types of profiling, interrogation, surveillance, and even plain old corporate posturing. This is knitted together with anecdotes from Iraq, Afghanistan, and the US to show how paying attention to specific signals can pick the bad guys out of a crowd. This course should be given to ALL our military personnel, not just a small percentage of those being deployed to dangerous places.

The best part is that it provides vocabulary to take you from "something just felt wrong," "he was acting hinky," and "it didn't look right" to being able to specifically pinpoint the aspects of situations or behaviors of people that pose a threat. It is more than just a body language book, but it has that too.

This is a good place to start if you are interested in self-protection. I don't know if there is anywhere outsides the Marines you can get the actual course, but right after my shooting practice, I want this!

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2 out of 5 stars

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rosalyn s bishop

2017-09-19

12% Content

What disappointed you about Left of Bang?

Lacks Content & Very Repetitive

Would you ever listen to anything by Patrick Van Horne and Jason A. Riley again?

No

How did the narrator detract from the book?

No

What reaction did this book spark in you? Anger, sadness, disappointment?

disappointment

Any additional comments?

Try "Spy Secrets That Can Save Your Life" its 100% better.

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Ulysses

2016-10-12

Excellent, quick listen that everyone MUST have.

This book breaks down the surroundings around you to be more aware and more prepared to identify a threat in an ever growing complex world. This book provides practical solutions for civilian, military, and first responder alike.

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4 out of 5 stars

Nye Walker

2018-02-21

Useful skills for human observation.

This is really a book about human behavior. It's useful to just about everyone that's interested in maintaining an awareness of their surroundings and knowing something just isn't right. It definitely takes practice, but this lays a solid groundwork.